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SHALLOT
shallot
(noun) small mild-flavored onion-like or garlic-like clustered bulbs used for seasoning
shallot, eschalot, multiplier onion, Allium cepa aggregatum, Allium ascalonicum
(noun) type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored bulbs used as seasoning
shallot
(noun) aggregate bulb of the multiplier onion
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
shallot (plural shallots)
A vegetable in the onion family.
Allium ascalonium.
Allium oschaninii.
Any small onion.
(New Orleans) A scallion
Source: Wiktionary
Shal*lot", n. Etym: [OF. eschalote (for escalone), F. échalote. See Scallion, and cf. Eschalot.] (Bot.)
Definition: A small kind of onion (Allium Ascalonicum) growing in clusters, and ready for gathering in spring; a scallion, or eschalot.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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